Hands Off My Podcast: True Crime

  Season TWO Episode FORTY-ONE  Part: TWO & THREE Addressing Canada's Tragic Reality: Missing, Murdered, and Exploited Men and Boys ___ By Jasmine Castillo, Host of Hands Off My Podcast Empower the Vulnerable and Make Them Heard. No Longer Voiceless. No Longer Forgotten . INTRO Missing, Murdered, and Exploited Indigenous Men and Boys in Canada is an ever-growing problem in our society. Indigenous people are those in North America who are descended from the original inhabitants of the area. Tragically the number of missing and murdered Indigenous men and boys in Canada has been increasing, as well as extreme cases of exploitation. Indigenous men and boys in Canada are facing a crisis. They are six to seven times more likely to be murdered than any other group of individuals in the country, and that number has been steadily increasing since 2014. The situation is so severe that Indigenous men and boys accounted for 32% of all missing persons alerts across the country in just one